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Going to Las Vegas for IOD 11 Oct 2012 | 05:38 am
It is almost that time of the year when IBM Information Management customers and partners head to las Vegas to attend IBM IOD conference. Over the years it has become a very popular destination with r...
What do iPhone 5 maps debacle, cloud and big data hadoop have to do with each other 5 Oct 2012 | 08:50 am
You are probably scratching your head thinking that the title of this post is a random collection of words. I assure you nothing can be further from the truth; read on and the connection will become a...
What is Big Data anyway? 24 Sep 2012 | 08:54 am
IT industry's penchant for trends is eclipsed only by that of the fashion industry. The latest IT fashion is big data. As with most trendy topics, there is no shortage of pundits who will espose their...
Developer Day for Hadoop and Big Data geeks in Silicon Valley 7 Jun 2012 | 02:33 am
I am always envious of the people who live in Silicon Valley. It is not the California weather that I crave though it is nice. If you like technology there never seems to be a shortage of meetups, con...
How Big Data made Groupon refuse $6 billion from Google 3 Jun 2012 | 01:54 am
The fact that Groupon, a two-year old startup, refused six billion offer from Google is the stuff of legends. For most people, myself included, this was just unfathomable. While we may never know the ...
Happy Mother’s Day to Big Data and Cloud Mamas 11 May 2012 | 03:41 am
With the Mothers Day upon us and with many of my blog followers having mothers (my big data analytics software estimates this to be at close to 100%) or mothers themselves, I thought I’d post this inf...
DB2 Express-C v10: An even better database, still free of charge 1 May 2012 | 03:49 am
Today is a really great day for those who like IBM DB2 and especially those who like to get it free of charge. Earlier today we released DB2 Express-C, the free version of the IBM DB2 DBMS, to the wor...
Where Does Big Data Come From? 22 Mar 2012 | 05:49 am
In 1999, there were 38 million broadband Internet users worldwide. Today, there are 1.2 billion people getting broadband Internet access on their phones. Yes, one out of every seven on our planet now ...
DB2, Big Data and Cloud Computing Webinar 30 Nov 2011 | 06:21 am
Cool stuff Update: Replay of the webinar is at http://channelbigdata.com/video/clouds-for-small-and-big-data The coolest part of my job is the opportunity to work with hottest technologies. I’ve bee...
The Legacy of Steve Jobs? 25 Nov 2011 | 01:24 am
I, along with hundreds of thousands of others, am reading a book about Steve Jobs. This post is not a book review. It is a great book and if you have any time over the holidays to dedicate to reading,...